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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn Bigger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yi Xiang, Seattle, WA (US);
Kerry Ann McGuire, Seattle, WA (US);
Caroline Hurd, Edmonds, WA (US);
Raj Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin Kuehler, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Zheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mustafa Majeed, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Aarti Sundararajan, North Bend, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Described are systems and methods for in-facility purchase of items from a single seller when those items are offered for sale by multiple sellers. For example, a materials handling facility may include two or more sellers (Seller A and Seller B) that offer items for sale within the facility. A user may pick items from Seller A and items from Seller B and complete an in-facility purchase of those picked items from one of the sellers, such as Seller B, by payment of the purchase price and applicable taxes to that seller. At a subsequent time, for example when the user exits the facility, Seller B may pay Seller A at least a portion of the purchase price for the Seller A items sold by Seller B as part of the in-facility purchase.